Convertible collar slipover shirt



March 12, 1957 F. SCHMlTT 2,784,412

CONVERTIBLE COLLAR SLIPOVER SHIRT Filed April 15, 1955 F712 n]: 80 hmiZZ ATTORNEYS INVENTOR United States Patent CONVERTIBLE COLLAR SLIPOVER SHIRT Frank Schmitt, Baltimore, Md., assignor to Marlboro Shirt Company, Inc., Baltimore, Md.

Application April 15, 1955, Serial No. 591,464

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-116) The present invention relates to slipover shirts of the class having convertible collars, and more particularly to collars that can be opened an extreme amount during hot weather.

The primary object of the invention is to provide in a sport shirt of the slipover variety, a collar which may be laid back into a position far more open than is conventional in sport shirts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which has a neat closed collar position somewhat more open than is conventional.

A further object of the invent-ion is to provide a device as described above which will open sufficiently wide to permit easy access for even the largest heads.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when read in light of the attached drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front view of the invention showing one side of the collar in open position and the other side in closed position.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the upper part of the back panel.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the upper part of the front panel.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the front panel of the collar.

Figure 5 is :a plan view of the rear panel of the collar.

Figure 6 is a vertical cross-section taken on the line 66 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Now referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several figures, the reference numeral 10 indicates, generally, a shirt having a front panel 11, a rear panel 12, sleeves 13, and a pocket 14. A collar, generally indicated at 15, is secured to the upper portion of the back panel 12.

The back panel 12 is provided adjacent the upper edges thereof with inwardly extending armhole recesses 16 and 17 which are iarcuately curved from top to bottom. The upper end of the panel 12 is convexly curved as at 18 and has an arcuate neck opening 19 extending into the panel 12. A line indicated at 20 in the back panel 12 indicates generally the central line of the shoulders of the wearer, and the portions 21 and 22 lying above the line 20 extend across the front of the shoulder area of the wearer.

The front panel 11 has armhole recesses 23 and 24 formed in the upper corners of the panel 11 and the upper edge 25 of the panel 11 is slightly arcuate, as best seen in Figure 3.

The collar consists of a collar panel 26, a stiffening layer 27, and a facing panel 28. The facing panel 28 is stitched completely about the neck opening 19 along the edge 29 of the facing 28. The collar panel 26 is stitched to the neck opening 19 along the line 30 between the points 31 and 32. The outer edges of the collar panel 26 are secured by stitching to the convex upper edge 18 of the back panel 12 from point 33 to point 34 on each side thereof. The facing panel 28 is secured along the top edge thereof at 35 to the top edge 36 of the collar panel. The side edges 37 and 38 of the facing panel 28 iatented Mar. 12, 1957 are secured to the side edges 39 and 40 of the collar panel 26, extending down to the points 34 on each side thereof, the stiffening panel 27 being positioned between the collar panel 26 and the facing panel 28 prior to the stitching operation. The outer portions of the upper edge 18 of the back panel 12 are sewed to the top portion of the front panel 11 between the points 33 and the points 41, with the back panel 12 overlying the front panel 11 so that the collar 15 will be forward of the front panel 11. The inner edges of the collar panel 26 are sewed to the top of the front panel 11 between the points 42 land 43 thereof.

The collar is provided with button holes 44 along the outer side edges thereof, in approximate alignment with the lower edge 30 of the collar 26. The central portion of the upper edge 25 of the front panel 11 has a pair of spaced buttons 45 secured thereto which are adapted to have the button holes 55 engaged therewith to support the collar 15 in a closed or dress position.

The side edges of the front and rear panels 11 and 12, below the armhole recesses 16, 17, 23 and 24, are secured together in a conventional manner (not shown). Sleeves 13 are secured in the armhole recesses 16, 17 23 and 24 in a conventional manner and may be either long or short, as desired. The upper portion of the front panel 11 may be internally faced with a facing strip 46. It should be understood that the panels 11 and 12 may be formed from single pieces of material or from several sections secured together in any conventional manner.

Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that numerous modifications may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A sport shirt of the slipover type comprising a front panel, a rear panel joined to said front panel along re spective opposite side edges thereof, a pair of shoulderforming panels extending integrally from one edge of said rear panel, said shoulder panels and said rear panel delineating a neck opening having opposed arcuate side edges and a generally straight rear edge, outwardly and re arwiardly curved end edges on said shoulder panels, said shirt having armhole recesses formed in the opposite sides of said front and rear panels respectively, a collar member having opposed lateral edges, converging portions extending from opposite ends of one of said lateral edges, the central portion of said one lateual edge being secured to the straight rear edge of said neck opening, the outer side edges of said converging portions being secured to the curved end edges of said shoulder panels with said converging portions underlying a portion of said shoulder panels, a collar facing panel having a lateral edge secured completely around said neck opening and an opposed lateral edge secured to the lateral edge of said collar member opposite said converging portions, said shoulder panels being secured to said front panel in overlying relation thereto with said converging portions lying between said shoulder panels and said front panel, and means detachably securing the opposite ends of said collar member in overlying relation to said front panel.

Piacenzia May 11, 1954 

